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J. D. HILL. Corn Gatherer and Husker.

No. 68,507. 1 Patented Sept. 3, 1867.

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IMPROVEMENT IN GATHERING AND'HUSKING CORN.

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Be it known that I, ll). HILL, of Fort Scott, in the county of Bourbon, and State of Kansas, haveinvented a new and improved Machine for Husking and Gathering Corn; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a side view of my' improved device attached to a wagon, partly in section through the line a: z, i

Figure 2 is a top viowof the same.

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My invention has for its object to furnish an improved machine by means of which corn may be gathered and hushed automatically as the machine is drawn through the field; and it consists in the manner ofremoving the lJllSliS from the corn, and in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the parts of the machine, as hereinafter more fully described.

A are the wheelsand B is the box of an ordinary wagon to which my improvement has been attached. 0 is a strong wooden frame, firmly but rernovahly attached to the box B, between the front and rear wheels, as shown in figs. 1 and .3. D is a large pulley, securely and removably attached to one of the rear wheels A of the wagon so as to be carried with the said wheel in its revolution. .E is a band passing around the pulley D and around the pulley F attached to the shaft G, which revolves inhearings in the frame C, and has a, bevel gear-Wheel, H, attached to its other or outer end. The teeth of the bevel gear-wheel H mesh into the teeth of the bevel gear-wheel I, attached'to the cadet the shaft J, which revolves in bearings at the lower part of the outer side of the frame C. K is a belt or endless apron, which passes around the shaft J and around the shaft L, which revolves in bearings in the frame C, and which is placed a little above the upper edge of the box 13 so that the band or endless apron K maystand at about an angle of forty-five degrees, (45.) M are guides, the

rear parts of which are securely attached to the frame 0, and the forward parts of which are supported by braces N, the rear ends of which are attached to the lower part of the frame 0. The forward ends of the guides M are forked, as shown in fig. 2, so as to collect and guide the stalks into the narrow channel or space between the said guides. The inner edges of the guides have upwardly curved or cutting edges m formed upon or attached to them, which, as the stalks pass back between them, cut the husks at the base of thc cars. 0 is a knife, attached to the guides M at the rear end of the channel between them, which said knife savers the ear from the stalk. The car, when out old by the knife 0, falls into the spout P, by which it is guided into the receptacle- R, which is formed of wire, coiled spirally, which "is secured to the frame C in a horizontal position, and which is of such a size as to allow the ear to easily pass through it longitudinally. S are hooked teeth, with sharp edges attached to the forward half of the endless apron K, in inclined rows, as shown in figs. 1 and 2, and which are so arranged as to enter between the coils of the receptacle R and catch upon and remove the husks from the ear at the same time that they more the car along through the said receptacle, so that it may pass therefrom with the hushs entirely removed. As the hushed car escapes from the receptacle 3 it is received upon the buckets T attached to the rear part or half of the endless apron K in a horizontal position, by which the ears are carried-up the said inclined apron and allowed to fall into the wagon-box B. U are fans attached to a shaft, V, whichrevolves in hearings in the upper part of the frame G, and which is driven by the band X passing around the pulley Y attached to the fan-shaft V, and around the pulley Z attached .to the shaft L, as shown in fig. 1. i

This device is designed to blow off any strips of hus'ks or other extraiieous matter that may be adhering to the ears. The lower part of the frame C may he encased so as to catch any ears that may escape from the buckets T. The entire device being removably attached to the Wagon may be removed when not required for use, and laid aside, leaving the wagon to be used for the ordinary purposes of a farmwagon.

I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Removing the husks from the earsioi' corn substantially in the manner herein shown and described, that is to say, by means of hooked teeth, with cutting edges, attached to an endless apron or belt.

2. The combination of the belt or endless apron K, having hooked teeth S and buckets T attached to it, the shafts J and L, and receptacle R, with each other and with the frame 0, substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose set forth.

The combination of the pulley D, bn-nd E, pnlleyF, shaft G, and bevel geur-ivheels and I, with each other, with the wheel A, frame C, and shaft J, for the purpose of importing motion to the endless apron K, snbst-ztntiollj as herein shown and described and for the purpose set forth.

4.- The combination of the guides M, constructed as described, knife 0, and'spout P, with each other, with the-frame C and receptacle R, substantially as herein shown and describedand for the purpose set forth.-

5. The combination of the fans U, shaft V, pulleys Y and Z, and belt X, with each other and with the shaft L, frame 0, and endless apron K, substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose set forth.

J. D. HILL.

Witnesses GEO. J. CLARK, T. F. ROBLEY. 

